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Consensus vs Humata

Pick up to three tools. Prices are read from each official pricing page and shown per month.

Humata is the cheapest to start, at $9.99 a month.

Key differences

  • Both have a free plan, so you can try each before paying.
  • Cheapest paid plan: Humata Expert at $9.99/mo, against Consensus Pro at $12/mo.
  • Over a year that's $24.12 less on Humata than Consensus at the entry level.
  • Consensus changed its free plan on 12 Oct 2026.

Worked out from each official pricing page: Consensus pricing (confirmed 12 Oct 2026) · Humata pricing (confirmed 12 Oct 2026).

AttributeConsensusHumata
CategoryResearchResearch
Good forresearch, search, summarising, studyingresearch, summarising, studying, search
Starts at$12/mo$9.99/mo
Free planYesYes
Free tier limitsUnlimited searches plus 10 Pro Analyses, 10 Study Snapshots and 10 Ask Paper messages per month; 10 bookmarks, 1 list.Free plan: basic features for one user, up to 60 pages of document processing; no chat support or advanced security.
Free plan detailsNot stated on the pricing pageNot stated on the pricing page
The catch
  • API usage beyond included monthly allotment costs extra at $0.05 per use.
  • Annual pricing shows monthly equivalent when divided by 12.
None stated on the pricing page
Pricing modelFree plan + paidFree plan + paid
Key features
  • Search across 200M+ research papers
  • Pro Analyses summarising study findings
  • Study Snapshots of key paper details
  • Ask Paper chat with individual studies
  • Chat with uploaded documents
  • Answers with cited source highlights
  • Embeddable chat for websites
  • OCR for scanned files (Team plan)
All plans
  • Pro$12
  • Deep$45
  • FreeFree
  • FreeFree
  • Expert$9.99
  • Team$49
Data confirmed12 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page)12 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page)
PopularityTop 20,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)Top 200,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)
Last price change12 Oct 2026None recorded
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